U.S.C.GCalling all amateur radio operators !

Announcing an

station to commemorate

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

All U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members, who(and our amateur radio operator guests, especially from Hamfesters ARC) are invited to operate aOctober 22, 2016. Our official callsign is amateur H.F. frequenciesCoast Guard Auxiliary. exercise our capabilities while demonstrating our skills to a wide and diverse audience. Our amateur operators will using high frequency. We will operate out of the US Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor. Official USCG Aux. special event amateurwill be operating “on the contacting amateur radio operastations. Voice and digital modesoperate Friday, Saturday and Sunday if they desire. Our official special event stationLast year over 50 USCG Aux. special event stations contacted thousands of other amateurs, and USCG Auxiliary membersUSCG Auxiliary anniversary.

US Coast Guard AuxiliaryNational Response Directorate Telecommunications Division

U.S.C.G. Auxiliary amateur radio operators !

Announcing an amateur radio special event

tation to commemorate

Coast Guard Auxiliary’s 77th anniversary

ast Guard Auxiliary members, who are amateur radio operators(and our amateur radio operator guests, especially from Hamfesters ARC) are invited to operate a “special event radio station” on

Our official callsign is W9C. We will operate amateur H.F. frequencies to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. This annual event provides an opportunity to exercise our capabilities while demonstrating our skills to a wide and

will set up and operate a special event radio sWe will operate out of the US Coast Guard Station

Official USCG Aux. special event amateur radio the air” all day with special 1 X 1 call

contacting amateur radio operators and other U.S. Coast Guard Auxili. Voice and digital modes are permitted. Stations are permitted to

operate Friday, Saturday and Sunday if they desire.

official special event station will send out free commemo0 USCG Aux. special event stations contacted thousands

and USCG Auxiliary members, to commemorate the USCG Auxiliary anniversary.

US Coast Guard Auxiliary National Response Directorate Telecommunications Division

amateur radio operators !

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are amateur radio operators, (and our amateur radio operator guests, especially from Hamfesters ARC)

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anniversary of the U.S. This annual event provides an opportunity to

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special event radio station, We will operate out of the US Coast Guard Station

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free commemorative QSL’s. 0 USCG Aux. special event stations contacted thousands

to commemorate the

Welcome and Bravo Zulu to the many stations participating in the

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 77th Anniversary radio day.

The USCG AUX Amateur radio Special Event is an excellent chance to practice communication skills, enjoy Fellowship and to Introduce non USCG AUX members to the Auxiliary or get existing Auxiliary members involved with Communications. The best location for your event station is one that relates to the event we are commemorating, but any well-equipped station is a good option. Getting public exposure is always good for your event station. Advertise your event station on web sites, Coast Guard Auxiliary sites , club newsletters QRZ , QST and amateur radio forums. Stations can publish their QSL information and remember to announce QSL information often while on the air. You are urged to invite guests to attend your special event station. USCG AUX members, Non members, amateurs and even Ex Coast Guard would enjoy participating. Select the frequencies in the general portion of each band that work best for your station or current band conditions. Avoid frequencies that are used for organized nets and Avoid Conflicts. Don’t worry you can always move up or down the band a little to avoid interference. During the event be Courteous on the air and to any guests or other operators. Make sure operators share use of the microphone. Give QSL information often and remember to ID your station every 10 minutes and at the end of each contact. If you have newer operators with little experience attending provide a phonetics table, Q signal table, and a frequency chart. Post your station call sign in a prominent place and a short script that includes a brief description of the event and the QSL information. Take pictures of your event station in operation and get the names of the operators. Send your photos in with your “final report”, also publish them in USCG Auxiliary newsletters and web sites as well as amateur radio sites after the event. Remember Positive publicity for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is Always Good. Make it a fun day of Fellowship and an enjoyable event for yourself and your guests.

I operated this event from C.G. Station Wilmette Harbor a few years ago. I publicized the event through my ham club and throughout my division and several C.G. Aux. hams from the division and club hams attended. We spent as much time story-telling as we did operating. I found that the hams were most appreciative operating from a "Government Facility" with a 1X1 call sign. We were actually on the transmitting end of pileups! My suggestion is to interact with station personnel as much as possible, which means as much as the officer-in-charge wants. Always ask him first. Some hams view themselves as experts in radio and as such, just want to get the station set up and on the air as quickly as possible. Try to explain every step of the set-up to as many station personnel as permitted. It's be a good idea for you to have either a Public Relations person and/or a Safety person explain the set-up and what you expect to achieve the station personnel, especially the to the officer-in-charge. One item you can call attention to is the emergency portable aspect of your radio station that can assist the C.G. (Gold Side) whenever an emergency portable radio station is needed. You can also point out that your station can support VHF as well as HF radio traffic. Remember, this is more of a Coast Guard Auxiliary event than a ham "Field Day" event, and we know how some hams can act. Respect the C.G.'s territory (station) in regards to:

1) Hours of operation (ask beforehand) 2) Parking (ask beforehand) 3) Checking in with the C.G. (a must) 4) Professional set-up (always ask permission for radio, antenna and cable locations) 5) Economical use of space (don't take up too much space) 6) Non-interference with C.G. operations (don't get in their way) 7) Proactively invite station personnel to view your activity through the officer-in-charge 8) Don't be too big or too loud (a ham characteristic) 9) Ask the officer-in-charge a few times during the event if everything is OK 10) Clean-up, clean-up, clean-up

Have you considered offering W9AA as an Aux. facility? I'll ask DSO Mike Wiedel if that's possible. Remember, you are a guest in their house. Have a good time. Have a respectful time. Greg Kmiec, W9WIZ ADSO-CM

Suggested Script for Event Stations October 22, 2016 “CQ CQ CQ” This is W9C “Whiskey Niner Charlie” Commemorating the 77th Anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary "Calling CQ and Standing By" …… Exchange = Name & QTH of contact [enter in log] QSL Info = Send an SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to [N9NNL] for a commemorative QSL card. “This station will also be operating on [7.180, 14.295, 21.315, 28.420] “

NOTE: FCC requires you ID with the trustee call

Once every hour when using a 1 X 1 Call ! 

10/17/2016 Gmail ­ Radio Day Reminder October 22, 2016

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=23019f3cf7&view=pt&search=inbox&th=157d2e40d7d680fe&siml=157d2e40d7d680fe 1/4

Michael Vannier <mwvannier@gmail.com>

Radio Day Reminder October 22, 20161 message

Dan Amoroso <nm3s@prodigy.net> Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:45 AMTo: Alan Stanton <alan.stanton62@gmail.com>, cfed43@mchsi.com, cgaux8@yahoo.com, christopher miller<millerchris75@yahoo.com>, EGlasscott4670@ieee.org, Eric Simmons <kb6yno@comcast.net>, gyoung@worcester.edu,hopwoodwt@yahoo.com, "J. Walker" <jwalker.mn@gmail.com>, Jack Satterfield <jack@satterfield.org>, Jack Slattery<john.slattery@cgauxnet.us>, John Bigrow <rowbig@hotmail.com>, John Mellen <john.mellen.46@gmail.com>, JosephCotton <cottonj@gmail.com>, Joseph Mracna <josephmracna@gmail.com>, Julius Nagy <juliusnagy1943@gmail.com>,ke2un@msn.com, Kenny Johns <ham.wn8y@gmail.com>, kredden@boatmoves.com, Michael Vannier<mwvannier@gmail.com>, Mike Slepian <mrslep@comcast.net>, n2dv@arrl.net, n8cev@frontier.com, Paul Sadeck <pgs­uscga­gov@comcast.net>, "Rafael R. Shabetai" <rshabetai@palig.com>, Richard Taylor <Richard.Taylor@cgauxnet.us>,Robert Vanderhyde <ww6bbb@arrl.net>, shaneford@aol.com, Tom Traynor <thtraynor@att.net>, w3di@arrl.net,w4cga@msn.com, w9wiz@yahoo.com, Wes Baden <badencapecod@gmail.com>, William Dahl <w2anq@arrl.net>, WilliamG Begley <ae3j@comcast.net>

Hello All Stations :

 

  Reminder this weekend is the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary  77th Anniversary radio day event.

 

Now is the time to double check all your H.F. station and make sure it is fully operational.

Get your log sheets and needed supplies ready prior to the event day.

 

   You are urged to invite guests to attend your special event station. USCG AUX members, Non members, amateursand even Ex Coast Guard would enjoy participating.

 

   Select the frequencies in the general portion of each band that work best for your station or current band conditions. Avoid frequencies that are used

for organized nets and Avoid Conflicts. Don’t worry you can always move up or down the band a little to avoidinterference.

 

  During the event be Courteous on the air and to any guests or other operators.Make sure operators share use of the microphone.

Give QSL information often and remember to ID your station every 10 minutes andat the end of each contact. 

If you have newer operators with little experience attending  provide a phonetics table, Q signal table, and a frequencychart.

Post your station call sign in a prominent place and a short script that includes a brief description of the event and theQSL information.

 

10/17/2016 Gmail ­ Radio Day Reminder October 22, 2016

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=23019f3cf7&view=pt&search=inbox&th=157d2e40d7d680fe&siml=157d2e40d7d680fe 2/4

     Take pictures of your event station in operation and get the names of the operators.  Send your photos in with your“final report”,

also  publish them in USCG Auxiliary newsletters and web sites as well as amateur radio sites after the event.

  

Remember Positive publicity for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is Always  Good.

 

The USCG AUX Amateur radio Special Event is an excellent chance to practice communication skills.

 

Make it a fun day of Fellowship and an enjoyable event for yourself and your guests. 

 

 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Keep a log of all contacts:  Call sign, name, location.

 

Inform contacts to send an “SASE” to your address to receive acommemorative QSL card.

 

Try to contact other  “ Special Event Stations” if possible.

 

 

Send “ QSL” requests after event along with info below:

 

1. Total  number of contacts

2. Total number of  States contacted

3. Total number of  Countries contacted

4. Total number of “Special Event Stations” contacted

5. List any staff that attended.

6. Special contacts: lighthouse,  battleships, etc.

7. Send photos of your event station and participants

    And send articles and photos to USCG AUX newsletters

    Or magazines. 

10/17/2016 W9C ­ Commemorating US Coast Guard Auxillary. 77th Anniversary ­ 22 October 2016

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Commemorating USCG Aux. 77th Anniversary. US Coast Guard Auxiliary District 35, 9th Western Region Station W9C will operate on 22 OCT at 1430 to 2330 Zulu(Saturday 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM Central Daylight time)  

Broadcasting from USCG Station Calumet Harbor on Southern Lake Michigan

Frequencies are 7.180, 14.295, 21.315, 28.420, plus or minus 20 depending onQRM.QSL card with SASE to N9NNL Michael Vannier, 2700 E. Vandrunen Drive, Crete, IL 60417

Also LoTW.

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• 22 October 2016• USCG Auxiliary 77th Anniversary • Division 35 of the 9th Western Region• Contact person:• Contact person:

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